STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
3 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE IN THE PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF EASTERN
MONTANA...EASTERN WYOMING...EASTERN COLORADO...NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO...KANSAS...NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA...PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN
INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
WYOMING AND MONTANA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...EASTERN
MONTANA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN WYOMING...CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO...WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN KANSAS...AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

A VERY SLOW MOVING LATE SEASON WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY MOVING
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS
BEGINNING TO EXPAND WELL TO THE NORTH OF THIS SYSTEM. AREAS OF
HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES
AND COVERAGE ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS THIS
MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 

...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 300 AM CST...


COLORADO...

KIOWA...........................9.5
ELIZABETH.......................8.5
ROLLINSVILLE....................7.7
GENESEE.........................6.5
WELLINGTON......................6.4
NEDERLAND.......................6.2
ASPEN SPRINGS...................6.0
NUNN............................5.0

WYOMING...

TORRINGTON.....................12.0
CHEYENNE........................8.0
SCOTTS BLUFF....................8.0
LUSK............................7.0
WHEATLAND.......................2.0
LORENZO.........................2.0

NEBRASKA...

ALBION..........................8.0
COLUMBUS........................8.0
KEARNEY.........................8.0
GILINER.........................6.0
NELIGH..........................6.0
WILBER..........................4.2
OMAHA...........................4.0

SOUTH DAKOTA...

BURKE..........................13.0
IDEAL..........................12.0
BONESTEEL......................11.0
RAPID CITY.....................10.0
MARTIN..........................9.0
WINNER..........................8.0
STICKNEY........................8.0
DUPREE..........................8.0
CHAMBERLAIN.....................6.0

NORTH DAKOTA...

HALLIDAY........................8.2


THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS
STORM...INCLUDING ALL WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES.

TRIMARCO